Point
Arrowhead
29-192-13
From: Japan | Honshu | Kawachi Province | Tochigi Prefecture
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-192-13 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Honshu | Kawachi Province | Tochigi Prefecture |
| Period | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Stone |
| Technique | Flaked |
| Description | Point or arrowhead. Elongated triangular-shaped. Slightly concave base forming barbs. Retouched on both sides. Tip and one barb missing. Gray stone. This is one of more than forty bifacially retouched arrowheads with concave bases in the collection. This form of arrowhead occurs in sites from the Jomon to Yayoi Period. They can be found throughout Japan. |
| Length | 2.1 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | The Chinese Expedition, C. W. Bishop, 1915-1918 |
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